Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-13
000117073
Contested design: 004352300-0010
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Der Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung des eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters Nr. 004352300-0010 wird zurückgewiesen. 2. Die Antragstellerin trägt die Kosten der Inhaberin, die auf 400 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plásticos Industriales y Comerciales de Alfarrasi, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Picda, Crta. Nacional 340, s/n, 46893 Alfarrasi, Spanien
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Papier-Mettler KG
Germany (DE)
Hochwaldstrasse 22, 54497 Morbach, Deutschland
Prior art cited (5)
carrier bag
carrier bag
carrier bag
carrier bag
carrier bag
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the contested bag design had long been used before the filing date and pointing to D1 to D5 and internet-based evidence.
- ›The holder argued the contested reusable carrier bag met the requirements of novelty and individual character and produced a different overall impression from the earlier designs.
- ›The Division held the applicant had not precisely identified the relied-on earlier designs and that the submitted internet prints and declarations did not adequately prove prior disclosure under Article 7(1).
- ›Because none of the evidence established effective disclosure of an earlier design, the invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) failed and the application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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